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New Uses for Old Drugs: The Tale of Artemisinin Derivatives in the Elimination of Schistosomiasis Japonica in China

open access: yesMolecules, 2014
Artemisinin (qinghaosu), extracted from the Chinese herb Artemisia annua L. in 1972, and its three major derivatives—artemether, artesunate and dihydroartemisinin—were firstly identified as antimalarials and found active against all species of the ...
Yi-Xin Liu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circulating miRNAs: Potential Novel Biomarkers for Hepatopathology Progression and Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Japonica in Two Murine Models. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Schistosomiasis remains a major public health issue, with an estimated 230 million people infected worldwide. Novel tools for early diagnosis and surveillance of schistosomiasis are currently needed.
Pengfei Cai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Masterplan Pengendalian Schistosomiasis Dalam Upaya mendukung Eliminasi di Kabupaten Sigi Propinsi Sulawesi Tengah 2022-2024

open access: yesJurnal Vektor Penyakit, 2022
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by blood trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, which remains a major public health problem worldwide.
Junus Widjaja   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Apropos: factors impacting on progress towards elimination of transmission of schistosomiasis japonica in China

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
Currently, China is moving towards the elimination of schistosomiasis japonica. In a previous review, the factors affecting the progress towards the elimination of transmission of schistosomiasis in China have been summarized.
Wei Wang, Jian-Rong Dai, You-Sheng Liang
doaj   +1 more source

Inhibition of Notch Signaling Attenuates Schistosomiasis Hepatic Fibrosis via Blocking Macrophage M2 Polarization. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Macrophages play a key role in the pathogenesis of liver granuloma and fibrosis in schistosomiasis. However, the underlying mechanisms have not been fully characterized.
Shaoping Zheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research Progress Report on Microtus fortis as a New Resource of Laboratory Animal

open access: yesShiyan dongwu yu bijiao yixue, 2023
Microtus fortis (reed vole) is the only mammal known to have natural resistance to Schistosomiasis japonica. Originating from schistosomiasis endemic and non-endemic areas, as well as laboratory bred voles have the same resistance to Schistosoma ...
XIE Jianyun
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of Schistosoma japonicum and Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi environmental DNA and its potential utility to schistosomiasis japonica surveillance in the Philippines. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2019
In recent years, the prevalence and infection intensity of Schistosoma japonicum in endemic areas of the Philippines have significantly decreased due to yearly population-based treatment strategies, yet transmission rates remain high and uninterrupted ...
Fornillos RJC   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effect of an integrated control strategy for schistosomiasis japonica in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China: an evaluation from 2005 to 2008

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2011
Background Schistosomiasis japonica remains a major public health concern in China. There are many interventions implemented to control the transmission of the disease.
Sun Le-Ping   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota Modulates Intestinal Pathological Injury in Schistosoma japonicum-Infected Mice

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2020
Trapping of Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) eggs in host tissue, mainly in the intestine and liver, causes severe gastrointestinal and hepatic granulomatous immune responses and irreversible fibrosis. Although the gut microbiota plays a central role
Beibei Zhang   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

AUTOIMMUNITY IN SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA

open access: yesThe Kurume Medical Journal, 1966
Schistosomiasis japonica occurs in specific areas of Asia and is caused by an infection of Schistosoma japonicum. Immunohematological investigations of the significance of autoimmunity in general symptoms of schistosomiasis japonica have been performed with use of experimentally infected rabbits.
openaire   +4 more sources

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